try { socket = new ServerSocket(8080); System.out.println("Listening on port 8080."); while (true) { try (Socket client = socket.accept()) { System.out.println("New client connection detected: "+client.toString()); BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(client.getInputStream())); String line; line=in.readLine(); //Read the first line, this should be our request. String[] splitter = line.split(Pattern.quote(" ")); if (splitter.length==3) { //This is valid. if (splitter[0].equals("GET")) { //This is a GET request. if (splitter[2].equals("HTTP/1.1")||splitter[2].equals("HTTP/2.0")) { String[] requestSplit = splitter[1].split(Pattern.quote("?")); String requestloc = requestSplit[0]; HashMap requestParams = new HashMap<>(); if (requestSplit.length>1) { String[] params = requestSplit[1].split(Pattern.quote("&")); for (String s : params) { String key = s.substring(0,s.indexOf('=')); String value = s.substring(s.indexOf('=')+1); requestParams.put(key,value); } System.out.println(" ==Params for this request are: "+requestParams); } if (requestloc.equals("/")) { //Send default directory. CreateRequest(client,"200","OK","testfile.html"); } else { CreateRequest(client,"200","OK",requestloc.replace("/","")); } } } else { CreateRequest(client,"501","Not Implemented","testfile.html"); } } while (!(line=in.readLine()).isBlank()) { //System.out.println(line); }